Turnbull Hill Lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Adrian Corbould as Partner. Adrian’s appointment is reward for his contribution to Turnbull Hill Lawyers over many years. Speaking on behalf of the Partners, Managing Partner, Gavin Hanrahan, said “Adrian is an outstanding practitioner with technical expertise who builds great client relationships, and who has…
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The Christmas holidays are often an opportunity for people to spend time away with families and friends. If you are a parent with a pending family law matter in court and you want to take your child abroad during the school holidays, there are a few things you should be aware of. Children are not…

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Helping family with accommodation needs is a regular occurrence: a child entering the property market, an elderly parent downsizing to a granny flat. Litigation as a result, also is a regular occurrence. Written agreement Helping a child by providing funds to help them enter the property market, comes with risk if the status of the…

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Much has changed in Australia over the years. In 1975, Australia’s population was 13.7 million and 2018, we passed 25 million. In 1975 the medium Sydney house price was $28,000.00 and in 2018 it is $815,000.00. In 2017 Australians held $2.3trillion in Superannuation Funds. Australians are now wealthier than they have ever been. This means…

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When we act for a Vendor, here’s one of the ways we ensure a Purchaser cannot get out of a contract after exchange … One of the voluminous number of laws that relate to the sale and purchase of real estate provides that a vendor must attach to the Contract for Sale of Land certain…

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The Christmas holiday period coincides with an increase in fatalities on NSW roads. During last year’s Christmas period (between December 2017 to January 2018), 232 people lost their lives on Australian roads. In the past twelve months there has been 1,193 road deaths on Australian roads With end of year parties, gatherings and celebrations regularly…

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Most separated parents will have a parenting arrangement in place week-to-week, whether it be on a week about basis or an alternating basis. These arrangements can become difficult during the summer school holiday period at the end of the school year, when parents start making plans for Christmas time and travel away from home. Negotiating…

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Transcript Claire Aumuller: Hi, my name is Claire Aumuller. I’m a family lawyer here at Turnbull Hill Lawyers. Today, I will be speaking with you about changes to the Family Law Act regarding the institution of de facto property proceedings. A de facto relationship exists where parties have been living together on a genuine domestic…

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An initial and essential step in all property settlement matters is identifying and valuing the assets and liabilities of the relationship. This includes the “regular” things like home and mortgage, superannuation, cars and shares. But what about other assets, such as Bitcoin? Has your former spouse been investing in digital currency? What could this mean…

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Is your business in a position to offset claims by its casual employees? The landscape regarding casual employees has changed dramatically in the last six months.  I refer you to my articles “Casual Conversion Clause” and “Alert:  Casual employee entitled to annual leave”. If you answer ‘yes’ to the first question appearing below, and ‘no’…

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In conducting research on estrangement cases in family provision claims, for our mutual edification of How The Romans Would Have Done It, I wish to share notable comments by the Honourable Justice Emmett, in Burke v Burke [2015] NSWCA 195, wherein his Honour notes, at paragraph 125, “the specific causes for the disinheritance of children laid down…
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